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Definition of Graveness
1. Noun. A manner that is serious and solemn.
Generic synonyms: Earnestness, Serious-mindedness, Seriousness, Sincerity
Specialized synonyms: Stodginess, Stuffiness
Derivative terms: Grave, Grave, Grave, Grave, Sober, Sober, Somber, Sombre
Definition of Graveness
1. n. The quality of being grave.
Definition of Graveness
1. Noun. The state of being grave; gravity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Graveness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Graveness
Literary usage of Graveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign by James Wood (1893)
"Youth no less becomes / The light and careless livery that it wears, / Than
settled age his sables and his weeds, / Importing health and graveness. ..."
2. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"My lord . . . graveness. These lines are not in F 1. 73. ... Importing health
and graveness. Warburton proposed wealth, and Malone explained health as ..."
3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"In Ptolemy's Harmonics, the third Chapter of the first Book is entitled, ' How
the acuteness and graveness of notes is produced;' and in this, after noting ..."
4. History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times by William. Whewell (1837)
"In Ptolemy's Harmonics, the third Chapter of the first Book is entitled, " How
the acuteness and graveness of notes is produced ;" and in this, after noting ..."
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